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LOS ANGELES (AP) — What a difference a month makes. A period of relative calm on Wall Street that led to a milestone-setting September for the stock market came to a sudden, screeching halt in October. The slide snapped a...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — With concerns rising about the impact of tourism on the environment, New Zealand on Thursday launched a new campaign to get visitors to dispose of their litter in bins and otherwise take care of...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Northern California groundskeeper said Wednesday that he will accept a judge’s reduced verdict of $78 million against Monsanto after a jury found the company’s weed killer caused his cancer....

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Lottery Authority is moving ahead with plans for a new game that will be tied to the outcome of sporting events. The lottery board voted unanimously Tuesday in favor of the new game, which...

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday: General Motors Co., up $3.05 to $36.59 The automaker had a strong quarter as it raised prices in North America and reported a bigger profit in China....

Savers rejoice — you can finally earn a little more on the money you’ve been setting aside. To draw in customers, banks — particularly online institutions — have been getting more competitive with the rates they are...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The mothers of two men killed by a toxic paint stripper took a step toward suing the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday for failing to take quick action to remove the product from the market. The EPA...

MIAMI (AP) — The former finance chief of Venezuela’s state oil company has pleaded guilty to a role in helping to launder $1.2 billion stolen from the company in a high-profile case implicating President Nicolas...

Stocks climbed for the second day in a row Wednesday at the end of a brutal month for the global market. Investors applauded strong quarterly results from companies including Facebook and General Motors, but U.S. stocks finished...